1AMGETCONF(8) AMGETCONF(8)
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6 amgetconf - look up amanda.conf variables
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9 amgetconf [config] [--list] parameter [-o configoption]...
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12 Amgetconf looks up parameters in amanda.conf, the Amanda configuration
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16 If config is not specified, amgetconf assumes it is being run from the
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19 If parameter begins with build., the (case insensitive) string
20 following the period is a build environment variable. Variables without
21 a value (e.g. XFSDUMP on a system that does not support that type of
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23 as the value. Flag variables (e.g. USE_AMANDAHOSTS) will return 1 if
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26 If parameter begins with dbopen., the string following the period is a
27 program name and an Amanda debug file will be created for the caller.
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38 The parameter must be 'tapetype', 'dumptype, 'holdingdisk' or
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42 --list tapetype
43 Output the list of tapetype, one by line.
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46 Output the list of dumptype, one by line.
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49 Output the list of holdingdisk, one by line.
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52 Output the list of interface, one by line.
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91 % set debug_file = `amgetconf daily dbopen.myscript`
92 % echo debug information >> $debug_file
93 % amgetconf daily dbclose.myscript:$debug_file
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98 Parameter param is not a known keyword (e.g. not a valid
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